HB 0823 2004
1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to the Lakeland Downtown Development
3	Authority; codifying, amending, repealing, and reenacting
4	special acts relating to the Lakeland Downtown Development
5	Authority, an independent special district; providing
6	definitions; providing a statement of policy; providing a
7	method of defining the downtown area; creating a board to
8	be known as the Lakeland Downtown Development Authority;
9	providing for composition of the board; providing for
10	appointment, term of office, compensation, bonding, and
11	liability of the members of the board; providing for
12	filling vacancies in office; providing for bylaws and
13	internal governance of the board; prescribing the
14	functions and powers of the board; providing for Polk
15	County to levy an ad valorem tax of not more than 2 mills;
16	providing for records and fiscal management; providing for
17	issuing revenue certificates; providing for succession by
18	the city if the board ceases to exist or operate;
19	providing for referenda; prescribing the scope of this
20	act; providing for liberal construction; repealing
21	chapters 77-588 and 78-549, Laws of Florida; providing an
22	effective date.
23
24	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
25
26	Section 1. Pursuant to section 189.429, Florida Statutes,
27	this act constitutes the codification of all special acts
28	relating to the Lakeland Downtown Development Authority
29	District, also known as the Lakeland Downtown Development
30	Authority. It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this
31	law to provide a single, comprehensive special act charter for
32	the district, including all current legislative authority
33	granted to the district by its several legislative enactments
34	and any additional authority granted by this act.
35	Section 2. Chapters 77-588 and 78-549, Laws of Florida,
36	are codified, reenacted, amended, and repealed as herein
37	provided.
38	Section 3. The Lakeland Downtown Development Authority
39	District is reenacted, and the charter for the district is re-
40	created and reenacted to read:
41	Section 1. Short title.--This act shall be known and may
42	be cited as the “Lakeland Downtown Development Authority Act.”
43	Section 2. Definitions and rules of construction.--Unless
44	qualified in the text, the following definitions and rules of
45	construction shall apply:
46	(1) “Board” means the Lakeland Downtown Development
47	Authority Board and any successor to its functions, authority,
48	rights, and obligations.
49	(2) “City” and “Lakeland” mean the City of Lakeland.
50	(3) “City commission” means the Lakeland City Commission
51	and any succeeding governing body of the city.
52	(4) “Downtown” and “downtown area” mean the area
53	established by the city commission as set forth herein and to
54	which this act primarily relates, including the central business
55	district and its environs.
56	(5) “Herein,” “hereby,” “hereof,” and similar compounds
57	refer to the entire act.
58	(6) “Including” shall be construed as merely introducing
59	illustrative examples and not as limiting in any way the
60	generality of the inclusive term.
61	(7) “Majority” without qualification means a majority of a
62	quorum.
63	(8) “Mayor” means the Mayor of the City of Lakeland.
64	(9) “State” means the State of Florida.
65	(10) “Freeholder” for the purposes of this act means any
66	owner of real property in the downtown area not wholly exempt
67	from ad valorem taxation, including those claiming homestead,
68	whether individual, corporation, trust, estate, partnership, or
69	other artificial legal entity.
70	(11) “Elector” shall be as defined in Section 2 of Article
71	VI of the State Constitution, 1968.
72	Section 3. Statement of policy.--It is the policy of the
73	state to make it possible for the City of Lakeland to revitalize
74	and preserve property value and prevent deterioration in the
75	central business district by a system of self help to correct
76	the blight of such deterioration as has developed there. It is a
77	purpose of this act to provide the means whereby property owners
78	within said district benefiting directly from the result of such
79	a program shall bear the substantial cost thereof, and thereby
80	local problems may be solved on a local level.
81	Section 4. Downtown area description.--
82	(1) The boundaries of the Lakeland Downtown Development
83	Authority District are:
84	Commencing at a point at the intersection of Iowa Av.
85	and Magnolia St., proceed south and easterly along the
86	western right-of-way of the proposed In-Town Bypass
87	(SR 600), Project No. 16000-3502, to the intersection
88	with the CSX railroad tracks; thence proceed
89	northeasterly along the CSX railroad tracks to the
90	intersection with the proposed In-Town Bypass; thence
91	southeasterly along the proposed In-Town Bypass to
92	Lake Av.; thence southerly along Lake Av. to E. Orange
93	St.; thence westerly along E. Orange St. to S. Iowa
94	Ave.; thence southerly along S. Iowa Ave. to Lake
95	Morton Dr.; thence westerly along Lake Morton Dr. to
96	Louise Place; thence westerly along Louise Place to S.
97	Florida Ave,; thence northerly along S. Florida Ave.
98	to W. Walnut St.; thence westerly along W. Walnut St.
99	to S. Missouri Ave.; thence southerly along the
100	western right-of-way line of S. Missouri Ave. to the
101	centerline of W. Hickory St.; thence westerly along
102	the centerline of W. Hickory St. approximately 135'
103	from the western right-of-way line of S. Missouri Ave.
104	to the centerline of the closed north-south alley way;
105	thence southerly along the centerline of said closed
106	alley way to the north right-of-way line of W.
107	Palmetto St.; thence westerly approximately 830.68'
108	along W. Palmetto St. to the northwestern corner of
109	the intersection of W. Palmetto St. and Lakeside Ave.;
110	thence northerly approximately 199.98'; thence
111	westerly approximately 219.26' to the southeasterly
112	right-of-way line of Sikes Blvd.; thence southeasterly
113	along Sikes Blvd. to the extended north-south
114	alignment of the western boundary of The Lakeland
115	Center south parking lot; thence northerly along said
116	alignment to W. Lime St.; thence westerly along W.
117	Lime St. to Lake Beulah Dr.; thence northerly along
118	Lake Beulah Dr. to W. Lemon St.; thence easterly along
119	W. Lemon St. to Dakota Ave.; thence northerly along
120	Dakota Ave. and Dakota Ave. extended to Lake Wire Dr.;
121	thence easterly along the south and east side of Lake
122	Wire to New York Av.; thence northerly along New York
123	Av. to Magnolia St.; thence easterly along Magnolia
124	St. to the point of beginning.
125	(a) The city commission shall set a date for a public
126	hearing for the adoption of an ordinance describing the downtown
127	area. Upon the adoption of a resolution, the city commission
128	shall cause a notice of the public hearing to be published in a
129	newspaper of general circulation published in the city, which
130	notice shall be published two times, not less than 30 nor more
131	than 60 days from the date of the hearing. The notice shall set
132	forth the date, time, and place of the hearing and shall
133	describe the proposed boundaries of the downtown area.
134	Additionally, the board shall cause to be mailed to each owner
135	of real property within the proposed area not wholly exempt from
136	taxes, according to the tax collector’s records existing in Polk
137	County, a copy of the notice as published in the paper, not less
138	than 15 days prior to the hearing. Any citizen, taxpayer, or
139	property owner shall have the right to be heard in favor of, or
140	in opposition to, the proposed boundaries of the downtown
141	district.
142	(b) After the public hearing, the city commission shall,
143	in the manner authorized by law, adopt an ordinance defining the
144	downtown area. The city commission shall not incorporate land
145	into the district not included in the description contained in
146	the notice of the public hearing, but it may eliminate any lands
147	from the area, as published, in the final determination of the
148	boundaries. Such eliminated lands shall be free from any
149	additional tax imposed herein. From and after the effective date
150	of the ordinance, it shall have existence as herein provided.
151	(2) The city commission may from time to time, by the
152	procedure herein provided, alter or amend the boundaries of the
153	downtown area by the inclusion of additional territory or the
154	exclusion of lands from the limits of the district.
155	Section 5. Creation of the board; composition and
156	provisions relating to members.--There is hereby created a board
157	composed of seven members to be known officially as the
158	“Lakeland Downtown Development Authority.” The board is hereby
159	constituted a body corporate and an agency of the city.
160	Performance by the board of its duties and exercise of its
161	powers are hereby designated municipal functions and shall be so
162	construed.
163	(1) Six noncommissioner members of the board shall be
164	elected for 3-year terms, with two members being elected in an
165	authority election each year, at a date specified in the bylaws,
166	by:
167	(a) The electors residing within the downtown area and
168	registered within a precinct which lies within the downtown
169	area.
170	(b) The designated voting representatives of any
171	corporation or other artificial legal entity owning property
172	within the taxing district.
173	(c) Any freeholder owning property within the district.
174	Corporations or other artificial legal entities desiring to
175	designate a voting representative with the board shall do so in
176	the form and manner specified in the bylaws.
177
178	In any election, each qualified voter shall have the right to
179	write in any additional person on the ballot for each office.
180	Any ballot received more than 2 weeks later than the date mailed
181	by the authority shall be null and void. Similarly, any ballot
182	containing fewer than 2 votes shall be null and void.
183	Nominations for board members shall be made by filing with the
184	city clerk a petition on a form to be prescribed by the clerk,
185	bearing the signatures of at least 10 electors or freeholders
186	entitled to vote in the election.
187	(2) Two noncommissioner board members shall be elected at
188	each annual election. Each qualified voter shall vote for two of
189	those nominated for office. The two nominees receiving the
190	greatest number of votes shall be elected as noncommissioner
191	board members and shall serve for 3-year terms. In addition, the
192	mayor, or a commissioner serving on the City Commission of
193	Lakeland and designated by the mayor, shall serve in the
194	position of commissioner board member on the Lakeland Downtown
195	Development Authority.
196	(3) The City Manager of the City of Lakeland shall serve
197	as an ex officio member of the board.
198	(4) To qualify for service on this board and to remain
199	qualified for service on it, all board members, except for
200	commissioner members, shall have their principal places of
201	business or employment in the downtown area or shall hold
202	property in the downtown area.
203	(5) In the event of any vacancies in office, the board
204	shall appoint someone to serve temporarily until the next
205	scheduled election, at which time there shall be nominations, as
206	provided herein, for the remainder of the unexpired term.
207	(6) Each member of the board shall serve without
208	compensation for services rendered as a member but may be
209	reimbursed by the board for necessary and reasonable expenses
210	actually incurred in the performance of duty. The board may
211	require that all its members or any or all of its officers or
212	employees be required to post bond for faithful performance of
213	duty. The board shall require such bond of all persons
214	authorized to sign on accounts of the board, and the board shall
215	pay bonding costs. No member of the board shall be personally
216	liable for any action taken in attempting in good faith to
217	perform his or her duty, or for a decision not to act, except in
218	instances of fraud or willful neglect of duty.
219	Section 6. Board bylaws and internal governance.--
220	(1) The board shall formulate and may amend its own rules
221	of procedure and written bylaws, not inconsistent herewith, but
222	such rules of procedure and written bylaws and amendments
223	thereto shall become effective only after the approval of a
224	majority of the voting members of the board.
225	(2) Four voting members of the board shall constitute a
226	quorum for the transaction of business, but fewer than a quorum
227	may adjourn from time to time. All action shall be taken by vote
228	of at least a majority present and voting. Each year the board
229	shall select one of its members as chair and another as vice
230	chair. It shall hold regular meetings at least once a month at a
231	regular meeting place to facilitate the attendance of interested
232	parties and shall provide in its bylaws for holding special
233	meetings. All owners of property in the downtown area not wholly
234	exempt from taxes shall be notified by mail of the time and
235	place of all special meetings, and any person shall have the
236	right to attend and voice opinions at such meetings.
237	Section 7. Functions of the board.--The board shall
238	perform the following functions:
239	(1) The board shall not provide city governmental
240	services, but shall act as a catalyst to see that such services
241	are properly planned for within the downtown area and are
242	provided in a proper and full manner within that area.
243	(2) Assist the city in preparing and maintaining on a
244	current basis an analysis of the economic conditions and changes
245	occurring in the downtown area, including the effect thereon of
246	such factors as metropolitan growth, traffic congestion, parking
247	and other access facilities, and structural obsolescence and
248	deterioration.
249	(3) Assist the city in formulating and maintaining on a
250	current basis both short-range and long-range plans for
251	improving the attractiveness and accessibility to the public of
252	downtown facilities, promoting efficient use thereof, remedying
253	the deterioration of downtown property values, and developing
254	the downtown area in general.
255	(4) Recommend to the city, for its consideration and
256	approval, the actions deemed most suitable for implementing any
257	downtown development plans, including removal, razing, repair,
258	renovation, reconstruction, remodeling, and improvement of
259	existing structures, addition of new structures and facilities,
260	relocation of those existing, and changes in facilities for
261	getting thereto and therefrom.
262	(5) Participate actively in the implementation and
263	execution of downtown development plans, including
264	establishment, acquisition, construction, ownership, financing,
265	leasing, licensing, operation, and management of publicly owned
266	or leased facilities deemed feasible and beneficial in effecting
267	implementation for public purposes; however, this subsection
268	shall not give the board any power or control over any city
269	property unless and until assigned to it by the city commission
270	under the provision of subsection (6).
271	(6) Carry on such additional lawful projects and
272	undertakings related to the downtown area as the city commission
273	may assign to the board with its consent.
274	Section 8. Powers of the board.--In the performance of the
275	functions vested in or assigned to the board under section 7,
276	the board is granted the following powers:
277	(1) To enter into contracts and agreements to accomplish
278	the functions set forth in section 7 and to sue and be sued as a
279	body corporate.
280	(2) To have and use a corporate seal.
281	(3) To accept grants and donations of any type of
282	property, labor, or other thing of value from any public or
283	private source.
284	(4) To receive the proceeds of the tax hereby imposed.
285	(5) To receive the revenues from any property or facility
286	owned, leased, licensed, or operated by it or under its control,
287	subject to the limitations imposed upon it by trusts or other
288	agreements validly entered into by it.
289	(6) To have exclusive control of funds legally available
290	to it, subject to limitations imposed upon it by law or by any
291	agreement validly entered into by it.
292	(7) To cooperate and enter into agreements with other
293	governmental agencies or other public bodies, except that
294	nothing in this act shall be construed as authorization to
295	initiate a federally subsidized urban renewal program and any
296	such urban renewal program is hereby specifically prohibited.
297	(8) To borrow money and to issue and sell revenue
298	certificates as hereinafter provided, or in any other manner
299	permitted by law and not inconsistent with the provisions
300	hereof, and to take all steps necessary for efficient
301	preparation and marketing of the certificates at public or
302	private sale at the best price obtainable, including the entry
303	into agreements with corporate trustees, underwriters, and the
304	holders of the certificates, and the employment and payment as a
305	necessary expense of issuance, for the service of consultants on
306	valuations, costs, and feasibility of undertaking, revenues to
307	be anticipated and other financial matters, architecture,
308	engineering, legal matters, accounting matters, and any other
309	fields in which expert advice may be needed to effectuate
310	advantageous issuance and marketing.
311	(9) To request by resolution that the city exercise its
312	powers of eminent domain to acquire any real property for public
313	purposes. If the property involved is acquired, the board shall
314	take over and assume control of such property on terms mutually
315	agreed upon between the city and the board, but the board shall
316	not hereafter be authorized to sell, lease, or otherwise dispose
317	of such property so acquired without the formal consent of the
318	city commission.
319	(10) To acquire, own, convey, or otherwise dispose of,
320	lease as lessor or lessee, construct, maintain, improve,
321	enlarge, raze, relocate, operate, and manage property and
322	facilities of whatever type to which it holds title and to grant
323	or acquire licenses, easements, and options with respect
324	thereto.
325	Section 9. Levy of ad valorem tax.--Polk County, upon
326	request of the board for the purpose of implementing its
327	authority under this act, shall levy an ad valorem tax in
328	addition to all other ad valorem taxes that may be levied
329	annually by the county on all real property within the area
330	described in section 4, except that no such tax shall be levied
331	on property qualifying for homestead exemption, and Polk County
332	shall administer such levy as a special taxing district levy
333	authorized under Section 9 of Article VII of the State
334	Constitution. The rate shall not exceed 2 mills on each dollar
335	of tax base, and the board shall establish its budget for the
336	coming fiscal year and for each fiscal year thereafter prior to
337	the time the Tax Collector of Polk County shall prepare his or
338	her tax bills. After making public the proposed budget, the
339	board shall communicate by written notice to the Tax Assessor of
340	Polk County what millage rate, within the 2-mill limit, shall be
341	in effect for the next year’s billing.
342	Section 10. Board records and fiscal management.--
343	(1) The funds of the board shall be maintained under a
344	separate account, shall be used for the purposes herein
345	authorized, and shall be distributed only by direction of or
346	with the approval of the board pursuant to requisitions signed
347	by the director or other designated chief fiscal officer of the
348	board and countersigned by at least one other person who shall
349	be a member of the board.
350	(2) The board bylaws shall provide for maintenance of
351	minutes and other official records of its proceedings and
352	actions, for preparation and adoption of an annual budget for
353	each ensuing fiscal year, for internal supervision and control
354	of its accounts, which function the appropriate city fiscal
355	officers may perform at its request, and for an external audit
356	at least annually by an independent certified public accountant
357	who has no personal interest, direct or indirect, in its fiscal
358	affairs. A copy of the external audit shall be filed with the
359	city clerk within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year.
360	(3) No member or employee of the board shall participate
361	by vote or otherwise on behalf of the board in any matter in
362	which he or she has a direct financial interest or an indirect
363	financial interest other than of the benefits to be derived
364	generally from the development of the downtown area.
365	Participation with knowledge of such interest shall constitute
366	malfeasance and shall result, as regards a member, in automatic
367	forfeiture of office or, as regards an employee, in prompt
368	dismissal.
369	Section 11. Issuance of revenue certificates.--Issuance of
370	revenue certificates by the board shall be governed by the
371	following general provisions:
372	(1) Revenue certificates for purposes hereof are limited
373	to obligations that are secured solely by pledge of revenues
374	produced by the facility or facilities for the benefit of which
375	the certificates are issued and the sale proceeds used and that
376	do not constitute a lien or encumbrance, legal or equitable, on
377	any real property of the board or on any of its personal
378	property other than the revenues pledged to secure payment of
379	the certificates.
380	(2) The faith and credit of the city shall not be pledged
381	and the city shall not be obligated directly or indirectly to
382	make any payments on or appropriate any funds for certificates
383	issued by the board.
384	(3) Before issuing any revenue certificate, the board
385	shall, with respect to each issue:
386	(a) Prepare or procure from a reliable source detailed
387	estimates of the total cost of the undertaking for which the
388	certificates are contemplated and of the annual revenues to be
389	obtained therefrom and pledged as security for payment of the
390	certificates.
391	(b) Determine that the anticipated net proceeds from the
392	sale, together with any other funds available and intended for
393	the purposes of the issue, will be sufficient to cover all costs
394	of the undertaking and of preparing and marketing the issues
395	connected therewith.
396	(c) Determine that the annual revenues anticipated from
397	the undertaking will be sufficient to pay not only the estimated
398	annual cost of maintaining, repairing, operating, and replacing,
399	to any necessary extent, the undertaking, but also the punctual
400	payment of the principal of, and interest on, the contemplated
401	certificates.
402	(d) Specify its determinations in, and include the
403	supporting estimates as part of, the resolution providing for
404	the issue.
405	(4) The board may, with respect to any issue of revenue
406	certificates, engage the services of a corporate trustee for the
407	issue and may treat any or all costs of carrying out the trust
408	agreement as part of the operating costs of the undertaking for
409	which the certificates are issued.
410	(5) The board shall from time to time establish such
411	rentals, rates, and charges, or shall by agreement maintain such
412	control thereof, as to meet punctually all payments on the
413	undertaking and its maintenance and repair, including reserves
414	therefor and for depreciation and replacement.
415	(6) Revenue certificates may be issued for the purpose of
416	funding, refunding, or both.
417	(7) All revenue certificates issued pursuant hereto shall
418	be negotiable instruments for all purposes.
419	(8) Validation bonds shall be in accordance with chapter
420	75, Florida Statutes.
421	Section 12. Transfer upon cessation of the board.--Should
422	the board cease to exist or to operate for whatever reason, all
423	property of whatever kind shall forthwith become the property of
424	the city, subject to the outstanding obligations of the board
425	incurred in conformity with all of the foregoing provisions, and
426	the city shall use this property to the maximum extent then
427	practicable for effectuating the purposes hereof and shall
428	succeed to and exercise only such powers of the board as shall
429	be necessary to meet outstanding obligations of the board and
430	effect an orderly cessation of its powers and functions.
431	However, under no circumstances shall the city directly or
432	indirectly be obligated to pledge or use any of its tax moneys
433	to accomplish these functions.
434	Section 13. Referendum.--No ad valorem tax shall be levied
435	hereunder unless the question of the right of the board to levy
436	an annual tax pursuant to section 9 has been submitted to the
437	electors who reside within the downtown area and are registered
438	within a precinct which lies within the downtown area and to the
439	freeholders owning property in the downtown area.
440	(1) For the purposes of any required referendum, the city
441	clerk shall act as election supervisor and do all things
442	necessary to carry out the provisions of this section.
443	(2) The Clerk of the City of Lakeland shall compile a list
444	of the names and the last known addresses of the property owners
445	of real property not wholly exempt from taxes as determined from
446	the tax assessment rolls of Polk County, and the list so
447	prepared shall constitute the registration list for the purposes
448	of the referendum herein, except as hereinafter provided.
449	(3) The clerk shall notify each person qualified to vote
450	herein of the general provisions of this act and shall send him
451	or her a certified copy of same, the dates of the upcoming
452	referendum, and the method provided for additional registration
453	should the status of any property owner have changed from that
454	obtained from the county property appraiser. Notification
455	hereunder shall be by United States mail and in addition thereto
456	by publication one time in a newspaper of general circulation.
457	(4) Any person entitled to vote herein whose name does not
458	appear on such registration list may register with the city
459	clerk at City Hall of the City of Lakeland or by mail in
460	accordance with regulations promulgated by the clerk. The
461	registration lists shall remain open until 30 days after the
462	notification provided in subsection (3).
463	(5) Within 30 days after the closing of the registration
464	list, the clerk shall have a secret and direct ballot of the
465	persons entitled to vote in such a referendum by providing a
466	certified voting machine or paper ballot at City Hall of the
467	City of Lakeland, between the legal hours of voting in normal
468	elections. The clerk shall place the date of this election in
469	the original notification and, additionally, the day after the
470	registration list is closed, shall mail to all eligible voters
471	additional notification of the time and place of said election.
472	Within 1 day after holding said election, the clerk shall
473	certify the results thereof to the City Commission of Lakeland
474	and to the board. Any person voting who has knowledge that he or
475	she is not a freeholder or elector residing within the district
476	as defined by this act shall be guilty of perjury and shall be
477	prosecuted and, upon conviction, punished in accordance with the
478	provisions of the laws of this state.
479	(6) For the purposes of this act, one vote shall be
480	allowed for each individual who is a freeholder or elector as
481	defined in section 5(1)(a) and by the State Constitution. Joint
482	and several owners of property shall be allowed to cast one
483	ballot per parcel. Corporations or other artificial legal
484	entities that own property within the district shall designate a
485	voting representative no less than 1 week prior to any
486	referendum in the manner to be prescribed by the city clerk.
487	Such corporations or artificial legal entities shall vote only
488	through their designated representatives.
489	(7) Additional referenda called for levying special taxing
490	district taxes after changing the boundaries of the downtown
491	area originally established in accordance with section 4 shall
492	be held in accordance with the referendum provisions of this
493	act. However, no provision of this act shall require the
494	approval of property owners or electors in an area which was not
495	previously included within the boundary of the Lakeland Downtown
496	Development Authority.
497	(8) A repeal referendum may be called by petition of the
498	property owners and electors representing at least 30 percent of
499	the property owners and electors in the downtown area as defined
500	in section 5(1)(a) for the purpose of abolishing the board and
501	repealing this act. Upon the receipt of such a petition for a
502	repeal referendum by the city clerk, a referendum election shall
503	be called by the city clerk and shall be held under the
504	procedures as specified in this section. If the repeal shall
505	fail, there shall be no additional repeal referendum made by
506	petition at any time until 1 year after the certification of the
507	results of the previous repeal referendum by the clerk.
508	(9) The elections to be held under this act shall be held
509	in accordance with the election laws of the City of Lakeland
510	insofar as possible and the laws of the state.
511	Section 14. Millage limitations.--This act provides for
512	the establishment of a special taxing district under Section 9
513	of Article VII of the State Constitution, and the millage
514	limitation is specified in this act as authorized by the State
515	Constitution. It is intended that such tax shall not be
516	construed as a tax for county or municipal purposes as referred
517	to in that section of the State Constitution. However, should
518	this act be judicially construed to be within the 10-mill
519	limitation of the city or the 10-mill limitation of the county,
520	then all provisions of this act shall be null and void and this
521	act shall be of no further effect.
522	Section 15. Liberal construction.--The provisions of this
523	act, being desirable for the welfare of the city and its
524	inhabitants, shall be liberally construed to effectuate the
525	purposes herein set forth.
526	Section 4. Chapters 77-588 and 78-549, Laws of Florida,
527	are repealed.
528	Section 5. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.